Hanger swing



Oct. 24, 1939. A. J. THOMSON HANGER SWING Filed March 27, 1939 INVENTOR.

. K I Y AW' TTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to hanger swings particularly designed for hanging, on swings, garment hangers.

A particular object is to provide a hanger 5 swing which is so constructed that the swing arms, on which the garment hangers are hung, have hooks for the garment hangers arranged in a way to permit the garment hangers to hang parallel to the swing arms, and the arms have a normal tendency to swing towards a vertical wall on which the hanger swing is mounted.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the appended drawing. In this drawing,

Fig. 1 shows the hanger swing;

Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are views on corresponding lines of Figure 1 of the drawing.

The hanger swing hereof comprises a sheet metal base plate I0 having holes I l whereby it may be secured to a vertical wall. The plate is 0 formed to provide two vertically spaced horizontally projecting ledges |2-I4, these being connected by a rounded tapering portion I5 of the plate, with the lower ledge I4 flanged, as at I6, for reinforcement.

Each ledge has an arcuate line or row' of holes l'l-|8 formed for receiving hooked ends lB-ZII of wire swing arms 2| on whose free ends 22 are straps or hooks 23 formed to permit conventional wire garment hangers 24 to hang from the arms and remain parallel to them.

The upper line of holes I1 is closer to the wall in back of plate In than the lower line of holes I8, and the holes of line I! are farther apart than the holes of line l8, and the radius of curvature of line I! is greater than that of line I8; all this serves to produce in each swing arm a normal tendency to swing towards the vertical wall, and this tendency is greater with an increase in the load on hook 233. 5

I claim:

1. A hanger swing for garment hangers or the like comprising a base plate adapted to be secured to a vertical wall and having vertically spaced horizontally projecting ledges, each hav- 10 ing an arcuate line of holes, and swing arms, each having a part seated in a hole of the upper line and a part seated in a hole of the lower line, the free part of each arm having a garment hanging hook formed to permit a garment hanger 15 to hang parallel to the arm, the lower line of holes being farther out from the wall than the upper line and the holes of the lower line being closer to one another than those of the upper line, whereby each arm has a normal tendency to swing towards the vertical wall.

2. A hanger swing for garment hangers or the like comprising a base plate adapted to be secured to a vertical wall and having vertically spaced horizontally projecting ledges, each hav- 25 ing an arcuate line of holes, and swing arms, each having a part seated in a hole of the upper line and a part seated in a hole of the lower line, the lower line of holes being farther out from the wall than the upper line and the holes of the lower line being closer to one another than those of the upper line, whereby each arm has a normal tendency to swing towards the vertical wall.

ALFRED J. THOMSON. 

